June 2008

Tualatin Historical Society Newsletter Founded in 1986, the Society’s miss ion is

to preserve, promote and interpret the r ich and colorful his tory of Tualat in

DATE: DATE: DATE: DATE: FRIDAY,9/13/13 TIME: TIME: TIME: TIME: 6:00-9:00 SAVE THE DATE!

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013

Join us for Wine, Food and Silent Auction

Buy your ticket today!

You are invited to attend our Fifth Annual Wine, Food and Silent Auction fundraiser held at Tualatin Heri-tage Center on Friday, September 13. Help us con-tinue the Society’s mission “to preserve, promote, and

interpret the rich and colorful history of Tualatin”.

Your attendance and donations will enable us to:

• Work to save endangered historic sites and build-ings, like our heritage center

• Present monthly programs with guest speakers • Collect and archive historic photos • Put on special historical events • Annually host Tualatin 4th Graders for “Pioneer

Days” and February anniversary programs • Maintain a garden of heirloom plants • Identify important sites with markers, like

Tualatin’s historic buildings • Sponsor historical, cultural, civic and environ-

mental classes and workshops

In addition to an array of intriguing auction items,

you will find the following activities:

• Taste some fabulous Northwest wines • Beer & non-alcoholic beverages • Enjoy scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and desserts • Back by popular demand - Music from Island Trio • Wall of Wine - wine bottle grab bag • Raffle drawing for a Columbia Gorge weekend

We have only 120 tickets available, so get yours to-day. Tickets are $25 each (21 years and over) and may be ordered by phone, Barbara (503.645.1596) or Lindy (503.885.1926) or email lindy.thc@gmail.com.

Auction Items are Rolling In That’s right! We have been busy procuring donations for the silent auction. They are coming in but we still need more. Any item, large or small, is greatly appreciated. Some of our donations include: • Beautiful original artwork and jewelry • Certificates for Christmas tree, wreath/swag • Gift baskets of all kinds • Go Beavs!! 2 OSU football tickets

(thanks, Norm!)

• Weekend cottage stay in Pacific City and various hotel and home stays at the Oregon coast.

• Collectibles • Various restaurant gift certificates • Books signed by the author • Salon and massage certificates • Lawn & garden items • Varieties of soup from Pacific Foods • Judy’s cream caramels (Lindy’s personal favorite!)

• Wine, wine, and more wine and much more! If this sounds good to you, call Barbara today and reserve your auction tickets at 503.645.1596. To donate call Lindy at

503.885.1926 or email lindy.thc@gmail.com.

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Notes from the Archivists’ Attic By Loyce Martinazzi

A precious artifact was recently donated to the his-torical society. Marjory Rychen brought in a copper black powder flask that her husband John found in a field sometime be-fore 1928. John had been riding his horse “Pete” when the horse stumbled on a metal object. Pete's hoof put a dent in the flask but otherwise it is in good condition. The Rychen family lived on the farm which the Ibachs later owned.

The artifact is a U. S. military 1847 Batty Peace black powder flask. It could have been used in the Mexi-can War, or even the Civil War.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013

Better Odds Than Powerball! Yes, that’s right. Only 120 raffle tickets will be sold. This could be your wine touring getaway of a lifetime! Need not be present to win.

Get your raffle tickets by calling 503.885.1926. Purchase 5 tickets, get a bonus ticket FREE!

Carole Hoss Accepts New Training Position After nearly three years of loyal service, Carole Hoss, our Heritage Center office assistant, is moving to a new assignment September 6. Carole is the third and longest-tenured intern provided to the heri-tage center through the Experience Works Program, a federal employment initiative designed to help pre-pare older workers for regular employment. Coming to us with no prior experience in computers or work-ing with the public, Carol is leaving with a working background in computer applications, meeting visi-tors, facilitating renters, organizing and maintaining materials, and related skills needed to operate a pub-lic facility, thanks to the mentorship of Lindy Hughes, THC assistant director. Carol’s new host agency position will be The Book Corner across from Beaverton City Library.

Says Carole, “I have really enjoyed meeting and in-

teracting with all of you and, being in this part of my

training with Lindy Hughes who is a wonderful

teacher, friend and office Houdini. I will look for-

ward to seeing you all from time to time and thank

you for all of your kindnesses! Come and visit me at

The Book Corner.”

The Experience Works coordinator has not indicated if a new intern will be available for Tualatin Histori-cal Society. This means volunteers who can spend regular hours at the Center are needed. Please con-tact Lindy at 503-885-1926 or Larry McClure, 503-476-4882. Answering the phones and orienting visi-tors to the Center, helping tidy up the building and simple office tasks are ways volunteers can assist.

Photo above: Carole enjoys our enormous flowering baskets

donated by the Garden Corner and cared for by THS volun-

teers Donny and Kimi Barham who live across the street.

Century Gardens: The History of Oregon Agriculture and Horticulture

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Erratic Boulders - Ice Age Legacy

At the end of the Ice Age when the Lake Missoula Flood roared across the landscape the floodwaters carried with it granite and other boulders encased in the floating sections of the broken ice dam and dis-tributed these boulders along the path of the mighty waters from Montana to the Pacific Ocean. Many of these can be seen today. Rick Thompson (picture here), president of the Lower Columbia Chapter of the Ice Age Floods In-stitute will discuss ice age floods around the world, show images of many er-ratics in the Portland/Willamette Valley areas; explain how to recognize an erratic, and tell about the ongoing hunt for these iceberg erratics.

Join us on Thursday, September 19 at 7:00pm at the Tualatin Library for this interesting talk. Mr. Thompson’s program will be followed by a book signing of his new book titled: “The Hunt for Ice-berg Erratics.” Copies will be available after the program and also at: www.Gigaflood.com.

The presentation is free to the public but a $3 dona-tion for adults is appreciated. For information, call 503.257.0144. Note: Location change McMenamin’s Old Pub & Church

History Join us for this interesting program when Tim Hills, historian for McMenamins, gives a presentation about the history of McMenamins Old Church and Pub in Wilsonville (pictured below). This spot was a hub of activity, back in 1911 when the church was built on an ancient route just north of the site where Boone's ferry made regular crossings of the Willamette River for more than 100 years. This monthly program spon-sored by the Tualatin Historical Society will be held at the Heritage Center on Wednesday, October 2,

1:00 pm. For information, call 503.885.1926.

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Jerry Herrmann and Bryon Boyce, experts on history of Willamette Valley farming, will review the often unknown stories of why our area became world rec-ognized for producing amazing products on Wednes-day, September 4 at 1:00pm. Examples from Tuala-tin's own farm legacies will be included. Herrmann is a leader in environmental education and was on the faculty of Clackamas Community College for many years. Monthly program sponsored by the Tualatin Historical Society. For information, call 503.885.1926.

Photo above: THS member Karen Riley stands with her handmade Centennial quilt inspired by the Tualatin Discovery Challenge coordinated by the society. Larry McClure and Norm Parker were the first THS board members to admire it.

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Ancient Cataclysmic FloodsAncient Cataclysmic FloodsAncient Cataclysmic FloodsAncient Cataclysmic Floods Between 15,000 and 18,000 years ago, a series of momentous floods, known as the Missoula Floods, crashed through the Pacific Northwest, reaching heights of up to 400 feet where Port-land lies today and carving the landscape of the Columbia Gorge and Willamette Valley. Join us on Thursday, October 17 at 7:00pm when the Lower Columbia Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will feature geologist and Tualatin’s own expert Scott Burns (pictured below).

Dr. Burns’ talk will focus on the Ice Age Floods that preceded the Missoula Floods.

Scott Burns, a sixth generation Orego-nian, is a Professor of Geology and past Chair of the Depart-ment of Geology at Portland State Uni-versity, where he just finished his 22nd year of teaching. Scott has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University, plus a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Scott has been teaching for 42 years and specializes in environmental and engineer-ing geology, geomorphology, soils, and Quater-nary geology. In Oregon, his projects include those involving landslides and land use, earth-quake hazard mapping, paleosols, loess soil stratigraphy and the Missoula Floods. He is a prolific writer and has authored more than 90 publications, including the recent rewriting of the book "Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods."

Whether or not you’re a geology buff, you’ll be glad you joined us for this fascinating and hu-morous presentation about our region’s natural history.

The presentation is free to the public but a $3 donation for adults is appreciated. For informa-tion, call 503.257.0144.

Historic Buildings Now Marked

The Tualatin Historical Society historical sign program was completed just in time to celebrate the city’s official centen-nial August 18. Over a dozen homes and other properties have now been identified showing the common name given the building and the year it was built. In addition to financial participation by property owners, Legacy Meridian Park Hospital provided a $1500 grant to help support the pro-gram and related interpretive material now being developed.

Sign committee members were Kurt Krause, THS vice president; Jan Giunta, Chris Tunstall, Karen Riley and Larry McClure.

The initial historic properties receiving signs:

1. Avery Chicken Hatchery 1939 8385 SW Avery St.

2. Byrom House 1878 9385 SW Arikara

3. Elmer House 1914 11450 SW Elmer Ct.

4. Francis House 1885 8430 SW Avery St.

5. Luster House 1857 9030 SW Sagert

6. Richardson House 1910 20195 SW Boones Ferry Rd.

7. Robinson Store 1912 18810 SW Boones Ferry Rd.

8. Smith/Boone House 1895 8815 SW Boones Ferry Rd.

9. Sweek House 1858 18815 SW Boones Ferry Rd.

10. Wesch House 1890 188400 SW 86th Ave.

11. Winona Grange #271 1940 8340 SW Seneca St.

12. Methodist Church 1926 8700 SW Sweek Dr.

13. Zeke Eddy House 1890 9005 SW Avery St.

Photo from left: THS President Art Sasaki, THS VP Kurt Krause,

Larry McClure, Karen Riley, Christine Tunstall install first sign.

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“You Are There” Cast

Time Traveler Pat Romans Art Martinazzi, paper boy Daniel Nyberg Fred Wesch Jon Hartman John Wesch Bill Gleason Charlie Roberts Michael Houlberg Bill Barngrover Scott Morrill Lydia Wendell Doris Gleason Eleven Cole Scott Fisher Hing Lee Art Sasaki Dow Ball Lloyd Gooding George Jurgens Norm Parker Elisha Baker Kurt Krause Rev. Henry Blake Rollin Carlson Rosie Casteel Sherilyn Lombos Lizzie Smith Robinson Sue Raxter Easy Lady Jane Morrill John Jesse Boone Larry McClure John Nyberg Caleb Rygh Zeke Eddy Jonathan Crane J. R. C. Thompson John Bartholomew Ed Robinson Carl Switzer Ann Thompson Abigail Elder That Sweek Paul Hennon

Entertainment

Singers Mask & Mirror Banjo Bill James Guitar Loyce Martinazzi

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“You Are There” Play Marks Exact Anniversary of Incorporation

The vote to incorporate Tualatin occurred on August 18, 1913. The 100-year mark of that historic milestone conveniently fell on a Sunday, a century later so city residents and visitors could “re-live” the events that led to the controversial decision. Winona Grange was the venue for the repeat performance of this Centennial play which was first staged in February.

Playwrights Loyce Martinazzi and Sandra Lafky Carl-son once again scored a hit with the crowd which this time featured several replacement actors due to summer conflicts. The City of Tualatin provided special birth-day cake for the after-play celebration. UTube carries a video of that play which featured several personalities whose descendants re-enacted their family roles in 2013.

Tualatin Centennial week in August kicked off with the traditional Crawfish Festival parade August 10. Loyce Martinazzi was the Grand Marshal selected by the Tu-alatin Chamber of Commerce to represent the Spirit of Tualatin. Following close behind in a red convertible was Tualatin resident Minnie Nida. Proud to have been alive 15 months before the city was founded, the signs on her car read: “Tualatin, 100 years old; Minnie Nida, 101.” Minnie, a World War II veteran, lives at Emeritus Retirement Community near Meridian Park Hospital. She originally wanted to ride in a Harley sidecar.

On the Crawfish Festival grounds, THS offered a Cen-tennial souvenir photo opportunity to visitors using THS member George Andrews’ 1924 Ford touring car as the backdrop and prop. Thanks to Jon Hartman and Laurel Mayberry for their hours spent planning and implement-ing this unique opportunity for Festival-goers which was staged in the Van Raden building backyard. Assisting guests with their historic clothing were Annita Gilham, Diane Barry, Art Barry, Gerry Brosy, Ellie and Larry McClure, Diane and Ned Miller and Art Sasaki.

The big event Saturday evening was Centennial birthday cake and a spectacular fireworks show near the river. Thanks to THS treasurer Barbara Stinger for organizing the official cake cutting/serving crew: Annita Gilham, Nancy Grimes, Eleanor and Kurt Krause, Loyce Mar-tinazzi, Ellie and Larry McClure, Norm Parker, Beverly Robinson, Art Sasaki, Ted and Sherre Calouri and Ken Stinger. The Festival grounds were filled with nearly 2000 persons who were admitted free after 6 p.m. to en-joy the festivities.

Happy 100th Birthday, Tualatin!

Photos: THS members

and friends serve

birthday cake to hun-

gry festival attendees

at the 63rd Crawfish

Festival.

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013

Painting left:

“Kayak” by

Sharon Hansen

Casteel-Robbins Clan Holds 2013 Reunion There has been a Casteel-Robbins reunion every year since the '30s. (A Casteel married a Robbins) Now it includes Andrews, Jurgens, Ladd, Martinazzi families. The reunion was held August 11 at George and Evie Andrew’s home on 65th Avenue, and 52 relatives gathered.

Heritage Center Hosts Watercolor Art Show and Sale By Angela Wrantz

WOMEN OF WATERCOLOR (W.O.W.) is proud to present “A Passion For Painting ~ Fall Art

Show & Sale 2013”, September 27 and 28 with an artist reception to open the show on Friday from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (doors close at 9 pm) and an art exhibition and sale on Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Tualatin Heritage Center. The show is free and open to the public and features exciting original paint-ings, prints, and art greeting cards from local award-winning and emerging artists. The show will also include a “student showcase” of works created in classes with Linda Aman, master teacher who holds classes at the Heritage Center.

W.O.W. guild artists meet monthly to paint together in a social and educational environment. W.O.W. invites people interested in learning to paint in the medium and local watercolorists who would like to visit in a group painting session. Membership oppor-tunities are available. For information, contact:

angela.wrantz@comcast.net. Women Of Watercolor

PO BOX 4668 Tualatin, OR 97062

ww.wowartguild.blogspot.com

W.O.W thanks the City of Tualatin and the historical society for sharing the Tualatin Heritage Center as a home base and gallery venue for the art guild and for supporting arts in the community.

Some of their work will be available at the Septem-ber 13 auction and wine tasting.

Photo above: Myrna Andrews Summers (right) attended first

and second grade at Carlon School. Carlon students later

joined the Tualatin School district, so she finished at Tualatin.

Natasha Andrews (left), is a graduating senior at Tualatin

High. Together they represent 77 years of Andrews attending

Tualatin schools.

The Book Corner By Carole Hoss, Administrative assistant

Looking again through the THC Lending Library for books of interest I noticed the book titled The

Kalapuyans by Harold Mackey, Ph.D. Touted as a sourcebook for these Indians it is indeed a very in-teresting compilation of historical and anthropologi-cal documents, stories, maps and photos about the Willamette Valley’s ancient peoples. I especially like the stories, some in the words of the Indians themselves! Learning about who they were as peo-ple and how the claiming of the west looked from their perspective is such an important legacy for us all as time goes on.

I invite you to check this book out and enjoy a good “wander” in the wonderful information it contains!

~ Carole

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Heritage Center October

Event Calendar

Knitting and Crochet Workshop

Fridays, October 4 & 18, 10:00 am-

Noon

Bring a project or start one. Help is available. All levels welcome.

McMenamin’s Old Pub & Church History

Wednesday, October 2, 1:00 pm

See description on page 3. Monthly program spon-sored by the Tualatin Historical Society. For infor-mation, call 503.885.1926. Bird and Nature Walk

Thursday, October 10, 9:00am

Location: Tualatin Heritage Center

Free

Join us for bird walk at Hedges Creek Marsh. This 1 ½ hour walk around Sweek Pond is led by the Wet-lands Conservancy. For information, call 503.691.1394.

Ancient Cataclysmic Floods

Ice Age Evening Program

Thursday, October 17, 7:00 pm

Donations accepted

See details about our evening program at the Heri-tage Center on page 6 of this newsletter. For infor-mation, call 503.257.0144.

Need a place for your gathering?

The Heritage Center is available for rent. It's perfect

for weddings, receptions, memorial services and

meetings. For information, call 503.885.1926.

Heritage Center September

Event Calendar

Century Gardens: The History of Oregon

Agriculture and Horticulture

Wednesday, September 4, 1:00 pm

THS monthly program. See page 3 of the newsletter for more information.

Knitting and Crochet Workshop

Fridays, September 20 & 27

10:00am to Noon

Bring a project or start one. Help is available. All levels welcome.

Erratic Boulders - Ice Age Legacy

Ice Age Evening Program

HELD AT TUALATIN LIBRARY

Thursday, September 19, 7:00 pm

Donations accepted

See page 3 of the newsletter for details about our eve-ning program. For information, call 503.257.0144.

Bird and Nature Walk

Thursday, September 26, 9:00am

Location: Tualatin Heritage Center

Free

Join us for bird walk at Hedges Creek Marsh. This 1 ½ hour walk around Sweek Pond is led by the Wet-lands Conservancy. For information, call 503.691.1394.

A Passion For Painting Art Show & Sale

Friday, September 27, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Saturday, September 28, 10:00am to 4:00pm

Free

See page 6 of this newsletter for details.

Lumiere Players Fall Production October 18,19,25,26,27, November 1,2,3,8,9,10 Fridays/Saturdays 7:30pm, Sundays 2:00pm Tualatin Heritage Center

Lumiere Players presents “Mama Won’t Fly”, another out-standing comedy from Jones, Hope and Wooten. An outra-geously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her feisty mother all the way from Alabama to California in time for her brother's wedding. Savannah's problem: Mama won't fly. This funny, family-friendly comedy will have you laughing your way across the country and all the way down the aisle! For reservations and information, call 503.692.5050.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013

Tualatin Historical Society 8700 SW Sweek Drive P.O. Box 1055 Tualatin, OR 97062

The Center is open to the public weekdays from 10am to 2pm. The Tualatin Historical Society holds open program meetings in the Center at 1:00 pm on the first Wednesday of each

Tualatin Heritage Center Tualatin Historical Society 8700 SW Sweek Drive Tualatin, OR 97062 Phone: 503.885.1926 Fax: 503.692.5876

Tualatin Historical Society

P.O. 1055

Tualatin, OR 97062

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Corrections: The Tualatin Historical Society strives to be accurate, fair and complete in its coverage, and corrects signifi-cant errors of fact. If you see and error in the newslet-ter, please call 503.885.1926 or email us at larry.mcclure@gmail.com or lindy.thc@gmail.com. Thank you.

Your 2013 Tualatin Historical Society Board

Executive Board: President: Art Sasaki Vice-President: Kurt Krause Secretary: Loyce Martinazzi Treasurer: Barbara Stinger Historian: Rochelle Smith

Directors: Yvonne Addington Evie Andrews Kurt Krause

Larry McClure Norman Parker Diane Silvey Swientek

Heritage Center Director- Larry McClure Newsletter Editor - Larry McClure See our current and past newsletters in color and other articles of interest at www.tualatinhistoricalsociety.org. Website updates- Lindy Hughes

Circa 1930 or 2013?

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013

You, too, could ride in style and be chauffeured by George Andrews if you are the winning bidder for this service just like previous winners Gerry and Christine Tunstall did in this beauti-ful 1930 Pierce Arrow. Buy your THS Auction tickets today!